{Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada
Rev. J. Reble, President
104 Hughson St. Hamilton, Ont.
Rev. J. Maurer, D. D., Vice-President
49 Irvine St. Kitchener
Rev. H. Schorten, German Secretary
170 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ont.
Rev. A. A. Zinck, D. D., English Secretary
Waterloo, Ont.
Rev. E. Holm, Treasurer
Conestogo, Ont.} Waterloo, Ont.,
Oct. 18, 1927.
Dear Mother:
As I am going away at 2 o’clock this afternoon to preach at Sherwood and Unionville and as I will not be back before Monday, I thought it would be better for me to write you a few lines now before I start. This has been rather an eventful week. Mrs. Neudoerffer died Wednesday morning in the K.&W. Hospital in child-birth. She died of hemorrhage, which also killed the child shortly before it was born. An account of her death is given in the Cord which I am sending you by this mail. The funeral service was held yesterday afternoon, the sermon being preached by the President of Synod. I had charge of the service at the house, which was brief, but liturgical and beautiful, with candles burning upon the improvised altar. The death of Mrs. Neudoerffer cast a gloom over our whole institution. She was a good-natured fine and friendly woman, whom every one liked. We all feel very deeply for Prof. Neudoerffer, who is naturally terribly cut up over it. She was so well up to the time of her confinement that no one dreamed that it would have so fatal a result.
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Pastor Dr. Bockelmann gave us a short call on Tuesday before he left for Pittsburgh. He is looking well and feeling fine. He gave Eileen $1.00 as a remembrance from her Godfather. I didn’t hear him preach, but they said he had a full house, both morning and evening. On Wednesday evening the celebration reached it close with a flow of oratory from Pastor Kalbfleisch, representing Elmira, Pastor Schmieder, St. Matthew’s, Prof. Henkel, the Ktichener Conference, Pastor Knauff, Preston, and your humble servant delegated by President Reble to convey to St. John’s the greetings of the Canada Synod. We also had a meeting of the Executive Committee of Synod in the Seminary one day this week and transacted considerable business, chief of which was the selling of The Lutheran Book Room in Kitchener. This has always been a white elephant on the hands of Synod and has entailed a loss of some $20000 since it began. We sold it for $10000 to the present manager, Mr. Kleemann. Little Florence walks around as well as any of the other children and goes everywhere as if she had always walked. I had my last swim of the season in the lake in the park on Thursday, Oct. 20. The water was somewhat cold and stingy; but I was in only from 5 to 10 minutes, and found the bath very refreshing. Well, I must close and get to work on my sermons for to-morrow. With best wishes and much love, I am
Most Sincerely yours,
[signed] Carroll H. Little
